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BRITISH BIRDS. 



remainder of the interior lining of the mouth was of a brilliant, 

 deep, cherry-red, and the tongue a port-wine colour. The 

 effect was startling when the young bird gaped!" "It is 

 curious to note," he also remarks, " that at this tender age 

 (ten days) the wax tips are visible." 



The colours of the mouth have now completely vanished, 

 but the red of the "wax" tips to the secondaries can still 

 be seen within the transparent feather-sheath. 



W. P. Pycraft. 



THE RED-RUMPED SWALLOW IN KENT. 



At the meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club held on 



May 26th, 1909, I exhibited an adult female Red-rumped 



Swallow (Hirundo rufula). This bird was shot on May 16th, 



Red-rumped Swallow {Hirundo rufula), shot at Jury Gap, Kent, 

 on May 16th, 1909. 



1909, at Jury Gap, on the coast actually on the boundary of 

 Kent and Sussex, and was seen in the flesh by Dr. N. F. 

 Ticehurst and myself. This is the second recorded occurrence 



